The fibrocyte in pulmonary hypertension: We seek him here, we seek him there

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 5-6

  Toshner, M R ^a   Morrell, N W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD11 ANTIGEN; CD14 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; VIMENTIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; ENZYME RELEASE; FIBROCYTE; FIBROGENESIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; EPOPROSTENOL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MESODERM; PHAGOCYTES;

EID: 84855368614     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: 13993003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00127111     Document Type: Editorial

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